Hi Salman Ahmed; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > >>>>> "AW" == Aaron Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > AW> Hi, I have read the errata conscerning Linux 2.2.x and Debian 2.1 > AW> (http://www.debian.org/releases/2.1/running-kernel-2.2) and it > AW> basically said that I would have to mix the stable 2.1 release with > AW> unstable packages. Has anyone had any problems doing this? Or is > AW> it not necessary to do? What are some of your experiences running > AW> the 2.2.x kernel with Debian? > > Its not necessary to mix in unstable packages with the stable 2.1 release > to run the 2.2.x kernels, like the other poster said. I am running 2.2.12 > but I have mixed in a number of unstable packages because I already upgraded > to glibc-2.1 prior to compiling the 2.2.12 kernel. I upgraded some of the > packages that were not supposed to work with the 2.2.x kernel as mentioned > on the Debian site. > > I have had no problems running 2.2.12 with some unstable packages. A lot > depends on how the machine is intended to be used so YMMV. > > -- > Salman Ahmed > ssahmed AT interlog DOT com
I'm running 2.2.10 on a pure slink system (libc6 2.0) without any problems. I'm very happy with it, and only packagse that you'll need are listed on the debian web site in running 2.2.* kernels on slink section. damir
